Kamayu Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Kamayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 148 | 1:312,026 | 19,474 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kamayu (18) may also be a first name.
Kamayu Demographics
Kamayu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kamayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamayu is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kamayu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamayu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,398,030th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name Kamayu is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kamayu are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 18 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 312,026. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Makueni County, where 97 percent live and Machakos County, where 3 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Kamayu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kamayu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kamayu
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